Dog Days’ Creature Feature

Canine Candid Camera

By Margaret Tearman

We all think — make that know — that our dogs are the smartest, funniest, sassiest, most beautiful creatures in the world. To prove it, more and more of us are picking up video recorders to share our dearest with the planet.
The Internet makes it easy to become an international celebrity. Sites like YouTube allow millions to watch Fluffy shred toilet paper or see Spot chase the squirrel up a tree.
If you have a computer, you’ve surely received at least one email with an attachment titled Funniest dog ever sent to you by a friend who wants to share a chuckle.
Since we at Bay Weekly believe that nothing outranks laughter — and this week’s featured creature is the dog — we’ve given you the best of both worlds in this short list of our favorite funny dog videos. If you’re reading Bay Weekly in newsprint, you’ll need to type the site address in your browser bar; if you’re reading on-line at bayweekly.com, just click on the link and have a good giggle.
The first three are compilations of short clips showing dogs — and sometimes their owners — at their silliest:
• http://bit.ly/2Ytqku
• http://bit.ly/cW3Aox
• http://bit.ly/13tKyi

This dancing duo performs somewhere south of the border. Stay with it until the end. Ole!
• http://bit.ly/8Y31OG

Bad enough that Denver the Guilt Dog not only got his paws caught in the treat jar; worse, his shame has been seen by almost 11 million viewers:
• http://bit.ly/eb2kc3

You know you’ve got a winner of a dog — and a viral video — when it makes the network news. This video has been rated Number One on YouTube, with more than 50 million views to date, and has made the rounds on the morning network talk shows: http://bit.ly/kthFyz.